Clause Poems

Clause Poem Rubric

First Line:  Adverb clause (www.asia.because) ending with a noun or pronoun

Second Line: Adjective clause (who/which) describing the previous noun or pronoun and ending with a verb, noun, or preposition

Third Line: Noun Clause functioning as a DO of the preceding verb, APP of the preceding noun, or OP of the preceding preposition

Fourth Line:  VVSS serving as a conclusion of the stanza’s (paragraph’s) thought.

Example:

God’s Rain

By Hope Ellen Rapson

When I gaze through windows on a rainy day

which seems to fill my whole world with

tears shed by God just for me,

I pray.

Where is the gray cloud of sin inside my soul

which causes You, God, to singly send

the pattering puddles I see?

I ask.

Because I question my self-centered heart

Which often fogs or blurs heaven’s answer,

“Only grace and mercy fall here,”

I trust.

Student work/sample:

The Window

By Libby Myers

When on a dreary day I stare, out a window

That catches pattering raindrops

Like a crystalline giant,

I sit and watch.

If I press my nose upon the cold pane,

That stands between me and the world,

My breath makes obscuring mist upon it,

I watch and wait.

As tears cut wet paths upon my face

That is drawn with unimaginable pain

Emotions raging inside me

They bring bitter relief.